Burning Joss Sticks
Mar. 8th, 2006 08:49 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hugmeThis one is slightly more difficult than the last... took me a bit more time to figure out.
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You have 4 joss sticks.
They burn unevenly. Non-linearly... all differently...
Each one burns for 1 hour. All the sticks burn at different rates, but for a total of one hour each.
You need to measure precisely 1 hour 45 minutes using these sticks.
You have no watch, sundial, or any other timepiece.
You just have four sticks and matches.
No electrician or extension cord... or cell phone...
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but I'm sure you can do it :-D
oh yeah... again... NO CHEATING!!
****note, a joss stick is a stick of incense
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You have 4 joss sticks.
They burn unevenly. Non-linearly... all differently...
Each one burns for 1 hour. All the sticks burn at different rates, but for a total of one hour each.
You need to measure precisely 1 hour 45 minutes using these sticks.
You have no watch, sundial, or any other timepiece.
You just have four sticks and matches.
No electrician or extension cord... or cell phone...
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but I'm sure you can do it :-D
oh yeah... again... NO CHEATING!!
****note, a joss stick is a stick of incense
